Battery-reenforcing handle



Sept. 11, 19 28.

W. E. HOLLAND BATTERY REENFORCING HANDLE Filed Dec. 1, 1921,

llll II Patented Sept. 11, 1928 u u-1 5 s-"rATE S 1 ,684,277 PATENT oFF cE.

.wALrnn-n. HoLL' NnoF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, nssrenon r0 PHILADEL- Pr m s'ronnen BATTERY coMrANY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, neon- PORA'IION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BATTERY-REENFOBGING HANDLE.

Application filed December 1, 1921. Serial No. 519,169.

should become softened by heat or. otherwise weakened from any cause.

Another object of the invention is to provide a handle, particularly: designed for use in connection with a hard rubber containerwhich, while beingrelatively strong and stiff,

shall be of such construction as to contact with relatively llmlted areas of the container or a other object with which it is used; and the invention contemplates a handle having corru- I gations which shall engage with the surface of the container, the whole being so arranged that anyliquid getting between 'thecontainer and the handle shallbe free to run out.

Another object of the invention: is to pro- :--vide a handle which, while possessing the I separated fastenings, adjacent the side walls,

above characteristics, shall be inexpensive, to make, convenientto mount and of such a design asto be capable of connection to the end of battery container by njieansofwidely such that anystrain on the'handle, as from the hold-down.clamps in an automobile, is. transmitted to relatively stiff portions of the containerwalls and bulging or other deformationofsa d walls is prevented.

These, obj ect's and: other advantageous ends I attainas hereinafter set forth, reference be- I ing had, to the accompany ng drawings, 1n-

Fig. 1 isan elevationof part of one end of a container, showing iny handle as applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the handle and a portion of the container shown in Fig. 1;

Figs. 3 and 4; are vertical sections taken on the lines 33 and 4-4;, Fig. 1'; and

Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing an alternative construction.

In the above drawings, 1 represents a portion of the end wall. and 2 a part of the side wall of a hard rubber container particularly adapted for the reception of the elements of a storage or other electric battery. To the outside surface of eachof-the end walls of said container is applied a handle 3, preferably made ofa body of stamped or pressed-up sheet metal, formed with conical depressions around bolt holes at its oppositesides for the receptlon of bolts t designed to be threaded into nuts 10 permanently set or molded within the end wall 1 of the container. 1

The lateral breadth of the handle is such that thesebolts with their nuts are located in the end wall adjacent its integral junctions with the side walls of the container,,sothat the stresses set up between the handle and the container areassuined by portions of the end wall which are stifi'ened and reinforced bysaid adjacent sidewalls.

with one or more corrugations or projecting ribs 5., in, the present instance-t. 0, each of which follows. preferably a curvedv line which is upwardly bowed. That is, the highest part ofthe line of corrugation is at or adjacent a vertical linev extending through the center of the handle, from which said line curves out Wardly and downwardly. orribs are preferably curved in section so that when vthehandle is clamped against the fiat outside-surface of the container, with the ribs pro ecting inward, each of said ribs engages,

01115 in a positionto. engage, said surface substantiallytangentially, making a line contact. therewith.

is provided with a hand'hole 6,the upper edge of said material, as. wellas a portion thereof cut out'of said opening, being bent or formed into substantially cylindrical shape to provide a rounded surface for lifting purposes. In

of th bottom, edge of the hand hole 6,1 form The flat metal body of the handle is formed Said corrugations the top ofthe handle well as at the middle Centrally above the corrugations the mate r al ofthe handlei's extended upwardlyland notchesor depressions 7, 7, forthe'reception of a hold-downhook or clamp. At either side of the hand hole 1 form vertically-extending corrugations 8, preferably projecting toward H the container, to form stiffening orstrengthening ribs. I

The container walls may be paneled as shown at ll, Fig. 1, or moldedwith any other desired surface design. Without departing from my invention the corrugations 5 may be omitted from the handle and molded on the container wall instead, as shown at 13, Fig. 5. Likewise, the bosses'12 may be omitted from such that only a limited proportion of the handle surface is in contact with the container, and that liquid may drain freely from between the handle and the container.

With the above described arrangement of parts, if for any reason liquid from the container or other source should fall between the handle and the outside surface of the wall 1,

the spacing of the main body of the handle away from the container surface together blanking out handles from sheet metal, inas-v With the downwardly-extending ribs or corrugations would facilitate its immediate discharge, and owing to the line contact of said handle and said container, a minimum quantity, if any, of the liquid will be held by capillary action. In addition, the corrugations 5 strengthen and stiffen the handle so that comparatively thin metal may be used at a considerable saving in cost. Further savings in cost result from the construction which'permits the use of but two bolts where atgleast three have been required heretofore, as well as from the design shown which provides for a minimum waste in much asthe metal cut from between the lower projecting portions of one handle is utilized to form the upper portion of the next handle.

If owing to the heatin of the electrolyte in the container, the wa ls thereof become tendto become deformed.

more or less softened, or if it is desiredto use a non-rigid material in the construction of the container, the tendencyofits end walls to bulge is effectually counteracted by the handles, since, by reason of their inflexible construction and extended reinforcing engagement with said walls they hold it in shape at the points where it would otherwise By reason of the fastenin points being adjacent the junctions of the slde Walls with the wall on which the handle is mounted, strains on the handle are transmitted to relatively stifi' portions ofthe container so that bulging or other deformation of the container walls from such causes is effectually prevented. Moreover it is to be noted that the parts of the handle below a straight line between the bolt holes constitute stabilizing means for the handle stiffening and materially adding to its rigi 'ty when it is mounted on a container or other object.

I claimi 1 A handle for battery containers con-V ing of a body of sheet metal having two .transversely spaced bolt holes; with a stabilizing portion extending below each of said bolt ioles; an upwardly forming the handleproper; and a corrugation extending upwardly from the bottom of each of said stabilizing portions and inwardly substantially to the base of said central portion. p A i p 3. A handle for battery oontainers'consish ing of a laterally elongated body of metal having downwardly-extending end portions and formed with at least one corrugation rojecting from its inner face and exten downwardly from the "center into said'end portions V 4. The combination, with a battery container, of a sheet-metal handle having pro jecting ribs; with means for holding said ing a handle to the container with theribs engaging thesame, said rihsbeing ositioned to facilitate discharge of liquid the container and the handle.

a 5. The combination, tainer having a 111 between nerally fiat surface, of a sheet-metal hand e having at ,least one' cor- 'rugation on a line extending downwardly from the center toward each end of the handle and making contact with said container surwith a battery conface; and means for holding said handle toa the container. i l v '6. In combination, a substantially rectangular container having two nuts set in aside wall thereof adjacent itsjunction with other side. walls; a handle having two boltl holes and includingmstabilizing portions ex-- tending below said It holes; with two bolts for attaching said ha'ndle to said container.

WALTER E. HOLLAND; v 

